The Russellville Democrat., 1887-03-30
THIRTEENTH YEAR.---NO. 10.
BE it enacted by the general assembl.
of the state of Arkansas:

DSCGlOn i. All individuals, aSSOcla-
tions and corporations shall have
equal right to have persons and
property transported over railroads
in this state, and no unjust or undue
discrimination shall be made in
charges for, or in facilities for trans
portation of freight or passengers
within the state. Persons and
property transported over any rail
road shall be delivered at any sta
tion at charges not exceeding the
charges for transportation of per
sons and property of the same class
in the same direction to any more
distant station, but excursion and
communication tickets may be issued
at special rates.
See. 2. No railroad, or the lessees,
purchasers or managers Of any rail
road, shall consolidate the stock,
property or franchises of such cor
poration with, or lease or purchase
the works or franchises of, or in any
way control, any other railroad own
ing or having under its control a
parallel or competing line, nor shall
any officer of such railroad act as an
officer of any other railroad owning
or having control of parallel or
competing line; and In all cases un-
der this act, the question whether
railroads are parallel or competing
lines shall, when demanded by eth
er party, be decided by ajury.
Sec. 3. No president, director, Of
ficer, agent or employe of any rail
road shall be interested, directly or
indirectly, in the furnishing of ma
terials or supplies to such railroad
or in the business of transportation
as common carrier of freight or pas
senger over the works, owned, leas-
ed, controlled or worked by such
railroad, nor in any arrangement
which shall afford more adyanta-
geous terms or greater facilities
than are offered or accorded TO the
public. And all contracts and ar
rangements in violation of this sec
tion shall be void.
Sec. 4. No dissemination in
charges or facilities for transporta-
tion shall be made between trans
portation companies and individ-
uals, or in favor of either by abate
ment, drawback or otherwise, and
no railroad or any lessee, manager
or employe thereof shall make any
preferences in furnishing cars OF mo
tive power. Nor shall any railroad
charge or collect from any connect
ing railroad for transporting freight
received from such connecting rail
road to points on its line any great
er rate Of charge, than such connect
ing road charges upon ike frelghts
originating at the points Of junction
to the same destination.
Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful
for any railroad in this state TO
make or enter into any contract,
agreement or combination, directly
or indirectly, with any other paral-
lei or competing line of railroad for
pooling of freight, or to pool the
freight of different railroads or lines,
by dividing between them the gross
or net earnings of such railroads, or
any part thereof, or by equalizing,
evening up, or dividing the proper
ty or passengers carried by said rail-
roads, and in any case Of pooling of
freight as aforesaid, each day of It's
continuance shall constitute a sep
arate otfense. But nothing in this
act shall be so construed as to pre-
vent any person or corporation OPP
Grating a railroad in tins state from
issuing, or selling at reduced rates,
immigrant, excursion or commuta-
tion tickets, or from carrying free,
or at reduced rates, any property
for schools, churches, fairs, exhibi-
tions, or charitable institutions, or
for the state, or the United States,
or any of the United States.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be unlawfal for
any railroad in this state TO enter
into any contract or agreement, hy
changes OF schedule, use of different
cars, or any means or device, with
intent to delay or prevent the ship
mcnt of property from being coptin-
uons from the place of shipment TO
the place Of destination, whether
carried on one or more railroads.
Sec. 7. That all railroad corpora
tions IN this state shall and are here
by required TO keep posted up at